On this day October 23, 1978

American country musician Maybelle Carter died aged 69. She is best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and ’30s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters. Maybelle Carter was inducted as part of The Carter Family in the in 1970. In 1993, her image appeared on a US postage stamp honoring the Carter Family.
Source: This Day in Country